"Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale"—Rudolf Virchow

October 16, 2009

Cote d'Ivoire: An outbreak of B2B bird flu

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organis ation (FAO) in Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday confirmed cases of the H5N1 virus (avian flu) in the commercial capital, Abidjan, following positive results returned on tests on dead crows.

The representative of the FAO in Cote d'Ivoire, Dr. Mel Eg Emmanuel, indicated the crows had been found dead, in the yard of the French High School, Blaise Pascal, in Abidjan on 6 October.

He said emergency measures had been taken including the closure of the high school for the whole contaminated place was disinfected.

He said a team of the National Institute for Public Health had been monitoring 25 people who had been exposed to the carcass of the birds, including 17 who had actually been in contact with the carcass.

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organis ation (FAO) in Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday confirmed cases of the H5N1 virus (avian flu) in the commercial capital, Abidjan, following positive results returned on tests on dead crows.

The representative of the FAO in Cote d'Ivoire, Dr. Mel Eg Emmanuel, indicated the crows had been found dead, in the yard of the French High School, Blaise Pascal, in Abidjan on 6 October.

He said emergency measures had been taken including the closure of the high school for the whole contaminated place was disinfected.

He said a team of the National Institute for Public Health had been monitoring 25 people who had been exposed to the carcass of the birds, including 17 who had actually been in contact with the carcass.